Heavy rain doesn't keep pre-Thanksgiving shoppers in Fall River away

Heavy rain and winds were not enough to deter shoppers from making last-minute trips to area supermarkets on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. Parking lots were mostly full in the late afternoon, as shoppers could be seen walking briskly and running into stores to keep from getting too soaked. By...

Heavy rain and winds were not enough to deter shoppers from making last-minute trips to area supermarkets on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.

Parking lots were mostly full in the late afternoon, as shoppers could be seen walking briskly and running into stores to keep from getting too soaked. By then, rainfall was still steady and most of the strong winds from earlier in the day had died down.

Most folks, clearly eager to pack their groceries into the trunks of their cars and retire for the evening, kindly declined to be interviewed.

Seen outside near the entrance to the Stop & Shop at the intersection of Plymouth Avenue and Rodman Street, Hailey Amaral of Fall River said she was picking up a couple of odds and ends to accompany the big dinner — mostly vegetables.

“It’s been kind of tiring with the rain,” Amaral said. As a bus monitor who assists special-needs students for the Fall River School Department, Amaral said she had been out and about since early Wednesday morning.